1 Kings · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Kings 18 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
1 Pasó mucho tiempo. En el tercer año, el Señor dijo a Elías: «Preséntate ante Acab, porque voy a enviar lluvia sobre la tierra».
1 After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
2 Elías fue a presentarse ante Acab. Había una grave escasez de alimentos en Samaria.
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 Acab llamó a Abdías, el encargado del palacio. Abdías honraba profundamente al Señor:
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly;
4 cuando Jezabel mataba a los profetas del Señor, él había escondido a cien en dos cuevas, cincuenta en cada una, y les había dado pan y agua.
4 for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5 Acab le dijo: «Recorramos el país en busca de fuentes y arroyos. Quizá encontremos pasto para mantener vivos a algunos caballos y animales de carga».
5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
6 Se repartieron el territorio. Acab fue solo por un camino y Abdías por otro.
6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 En el camino, Abdías se encontró con Elías. Lo reconoció, se inclinó rostro en tierra y preguntó: «¿Eres tú, mi señor Elías?».
7 As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
8 «Sí, soy yo —respondió Elías—. Ve a decirle a tu señor que estoy aquí».
8 He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9 Abdías exclamó: «¿Qué he hecho para que me pongas en manos de Acab y me hagas morir?
9 He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 Tan cierto como que vive el Señor tu Dios, mi señor te ha buscado en todos los reinos y naciones. Si le decían que no estabas allí, les exigía jurar que no te habían encontrado.
10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you.
11 ¡Y ahora me dices que vaya a decirle que estás aquí!
11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12 Cuando me aleje de ti, el Espíritu del Señor podría llevarte quién sabe adónde. Si voy a dar la noticia a Acab y luego él no te encuentra, me matará. Yo he honrado al Señor desde mi juventud.
12 It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that Yahweh’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
13 ¿No sabes que escondí a cien profetas del Señor en dos cuevas, cincuenta en cada una, y les di pan y agua cuando Jezabel los estaba matando?
13 Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 Si ahora voy a decirle a mi señor que estás aquí, me matará».
14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 Elías respondió: «Tan cierto como que vive el Señor de los ejércitos, a quien sirvo, hoy me presentaré ante Acab».
15 Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16 Abdías fue a informar a Acab, y el rey salió al encuentro de Elías.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Al verlo, Acab le preguntó: «¿Eres tú el que causa problemas a Israel?».
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 Elías respondió: «No soy yo quien causa problemas a Israel, sino tú y la familia de tu padre. Ustedes han abandonado los mandatos del Señor y han seguido a los baales.
18 He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
19 Ahora reúne ante mí a todo Israel en el monte Carmelo. Convoca también a los cuatrocientos cincuenta profetas de Baal que comen a la mesa de Jezabel».
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
20 Acab convocó a los israelitas y reunió a los profetas en el monte Carmelo.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21 Elías se acercó al pueblo y preguntó: «¿Hasta cuándo seguirán vacilando entre dos caminos? Si el Señor es Dios, síganlo; si lo es Baal, sigan a Baal». El pueblo no respondió nada.
21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.
22 Elías añadió: «Soy el único profeta del Señor que queda aquí, mientras que los profetas de Baal son cuatrocientos cincuenta.
22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left as a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men.
23 Tráigannos dos bueyes. Que ellos elijan uno, lo corten y lo pongan sobre la leña, pero sin encender fuego. Yo prepararé el otro del mismo modo.
23 Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
24 Ellos invocarán a su dios y yo invocaré al Señor. El que responda con fuego demostrará que es Dios». Todo el pueblo estuvo de acuerdo.
24 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
25 Elías dijo a los profetas de Baal: «Como ustedes son más, elijan primero un buey, prepárenlo e invoquen a su dios, pero no enciendan fuego».
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
26 Prepararon el buey que recibieron y desde la mañana hasta el mediodía clamaron: «¡Baal, respóndenos!». Pero no hubo voz ni respuesta. Saltaron alrededor del altar que habían hecho.
26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
27 Al mediodía Elías se burló de ellos: «¡Griten más fuerte! Si es un dios, quizá esté pensando, ocupado, de viaje o dormido y haya que despertarlo».
27 At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
28 Gritaron más fuerte y se cortaron con cuchillos y espadas, según su costumbre, hasta quedar cubiertos de sangre.
28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29 Pasó el mediodía y siguieron clamando hasta la hora de la ofrenda. Pero nadie respondió ni les prestó atención.
29 When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
30 Entonces Elías dijo al pueblo: «Acérquense». Todos se acercaron, y él reparó el altar del Señor que había sido derribado.
30 Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired Yahweh’s altar that had been thrown down.
31 Tomó doce piedras, una por cada tribu de los descendientes de Jacob, a quien el Señor había dicho: «Te llamarás Israel».
31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32 Con ellas construyó un altar dedicado al Señor y cavó alrededor una zanja con capacidad para dos medidas de grano.
32 With the stones he built an altar in Yahweh’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
33 Ordenó la leña, cortó el buey y lo puso encima. Dijo: «Llenen cuatro cántaros de agua y viértanla sobre el holocausto y la leña». Luego ordenó hacerlo por segunda vez, y así lo hicieron.
33 He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
34 «Háganlo por tercera vez», dijo. Y lo hicieron.
34 He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time.
35 El agua corrió alrededor del altar y llenó la zanja.
35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 A la hora de la ofrenda, el profeta Elías se acercó y oró: «Señor, Dios de Abraham, Isaac e Israel, demuestra hoy que tú eres Dios en Israel, que yo soy tu servidor y que he hecho todo esto por tu orden.
36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
37 Respóndeme, Señor, para que este pueblo sepa que tú eres Dios y que estás haciendo volver su corazón a ti».
37 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
38 Entonces cayó fuego del Señor y consumió la ofrenda, la leña, las piedras y el polvo. También secó el agua de la zanja.
38 Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 Al verlo, todo el pueblo se inclinó rostro en tierra y exclamó: «¡El Señor es Dios! ¡El Señor es Dios!».
39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
40 Elías ordenó: «Atrapen a los profetas de Baal. Que no escape ninguno». Los atraparon, y Elías los llevó al arroyo Cisón y los mató allí.
40 Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
41 Luego dijo a Acab: «Ve a comer y beber, porque ya se oye el ruido de una lluvia abundante».
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42 Acab fue a comer y beber. Elías subió a la cima del Carmelo, se inclinó hasta el suelo y puso el rostro entre las rodillas.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
43 Dijo a su servidor: «Ve y mira hacia el mar». El servidor fue, miró y respondió: «No hay nada». Elías le dijo que volviera siete veces.
43 He said to his servant, “Go up now and look toward the sea.” He went up and looked, then said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.
44 A la séptima, el servidor dijo: «Sube del mar una nube pequeña, del tamaño de la mano de un hombre». Elías ordenó: «Ve a decirle a Acab que prepare el carro y baje antes de que la lluvia le cierre el camino».
44 On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.” He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’”
45 Poco después el cielo se oscureció con nubes y viento, y cayó una lluvia intensa. Acab subió a su carro y se dirigió a Jezreel.
45 In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 El poder del Señor vino sobre Elías. Se ajustó la ropa para correr y corrió delante del carro de Acab hasta Jezreel.
46 Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahab
Son of Omri, who reigned twenty-two years in Samaria, married Jezebel and served Baal, took Naboth's vineyard, fought Ben-hadad of Aram, and died of an arrow wound at…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 18:17
Elijah the Tishbite
A prophet among the settlers of Gilead who announced a drought to Ahab, was fed by ravens, revived the widow's son at Zarephath, defeated Baal's prophets on Mount Carmel, heard…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 19:9
Jezebel
Daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians and wife of Ahab, who slaughtered the LORD's prophets, threatened Elijah, had Naboth stoned on false testimony, and was thrown down from…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:2
Obadiah
The man in charge of Ahab's palace who greatly feared the LORD, hid a hundred prophets in caves when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD's prophets, and brought Elijah's message to Ahab.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 18:3; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:7
Places
Mount Carmel
A fertile ridge jutting into the sea near Haifa. Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal here vindicated the Lord as the God who answers by fire.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 18:38
Cross references (43)
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- 1 Luke 4:25; James 5:17; 1 Kings 18:15–40; Deuteronomy 28:12; 1 Kings 17:1
- 2 Joel 1:15–20; Leviticus 26:26; Psalm 27:1; Psalm 51:4; Isaiah 51:12
- 3 Nehemiah 7:2; 1 Kings 16:9; Matthew 10:28; Malachi 3:16; Genesis 41:40
- 4 1 Kings 18:13; Matthew 10:40–42; Matthew 25:35; Revelation 17:4–6; Matthew 21:35
- 5 Jeremiah 14:5–6; Joel 1:18; Joel 2:22; Habakkuk 3:17; Romans 8:20–22
- 6 Jeremiah 14:3
- 7 2 Kings 1:6–8; Isaiah 60:14; Genesis 44:16; Matthew 11:8; Genesis 50:18
- 8 1 Kings 18:3; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:17–18
- 9 Exodus 5:21; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 18:12
- 10 1 Kings 17:1; Psalm 10:2; 1 Kings 18:15; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Kings 17:9
- 11 1 Kings 18:8; 1 Kings 18:14
- 12 Acts 8:39; 2 Kings 2:16; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 40:1–2
- 13 1 Kings 18:4; Matthew 25:35; Acts 20:34; Matthew 10:41–42; Genesis 20:4–5
- 14 Matthew 10:28
- 15 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:10; Job 25:3; Psalm 148:2–3; Jeremiah 8:2
- 17 Joshua 7:25; 1 Kings 21:20; Acts 16:20; Acts 17:6; Amos 7:10
- 18 2 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Kings 9:9; 1 Kings 16:31; Jeremiah 2:19; 1 Kings 21:25
- 19 Joshua 19:26; 1 Kings 16:33; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Kings 2:25; 1 Samuel 15:12
- 20 1 Kings 22:9
- 21 Matthew 6:24; Joshua 24:15; 1 Corinthians 10:21–22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–16; 1 Samuel 7:3
- 22 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 20:13; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 2 Peter 2:1–3
- 24 1 Kings 18:38; 1 Chronicles 21:26; Leviticus 9:24; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 2 Chronicles 7:1
- 26 Jeremiah 10:5; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Matthew 6:7; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Isaiah 44:17
- 27 Isaiah 41:23; Psalm 78:65–66; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Mark 4:38–39; 2 Chronicles 25:8
- 28 Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1; Mark 5:5; Mark 9:22; Micah 6:7
- 29 1 Kings 22:10; Exodus 29:39; 1 Corinthians 11:4–5; 1 Samuel 18:10; Galatians 4:8
- 30 2 Chronicles 33:16; 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 19:10; Romans 11:3
- 31 2 Kings 17:34; Genesis 35:10; Genesis 32:28; Joshua 4:3–4; Joshua 4:20
- 32 Colossians 3:17; Exodus 20:24–25; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Judges 21:4; 1 Samuel 7:17
- 33 Genesis 22:9; Judges 6:20; John 11:39–40; Daniel 3:25; Daniel 3:19
- 34 2 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 8:21
- 35 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 18:38
- 36 1 Kings 18:29; 2 Kings 19:19; Exodus 3:6; 1 Kings 8:43; Matthew 22:32
- 37 Daniel 9:17–19; Luke 1:16–17; Ezekiel 36:25–27; Malachi 4:5–6; 1 Kings 18:24
- 38 Leviticus 9:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26; 2 Chronicles 7:1; Judges 6:21; 1 Kings 18:24
- 39 1 Kings 18:24; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Kings 18:21; Judges 13:20; 1 Chronicles 21:16
- 40 Judges 4:7; Deuteronomy 18:20; Deuteronomy 13:5; Zechariah 13:2–3; Judges 5:21
- 41 1 Kings 18:1; Ecclesiastes 9:7; 1 Kings 17:1; Acts 27:34
- 42 Luke 6:12; 1 Kings 19:13; Genesis 24:52; 1 Kings 18:19–20; Ezra 9:6
- 43 Habakkuk 2:3; Luke 18:1; Luke 18:7; Genesis 32:26; Ephesians 6:18
- 44 Luke 12:54; Job 8:7; Micah 1:13; Zechariah 4:10; 1 Samuel 6:10
- 45 2 Kings 9:16; 1 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 18:39–40; 2 Samuel 21:14; 1 Kings 21:1
- 46 Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 1:3; 2 Kings 3:15; 2 Kings 9:1; Matthew 22:21
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… foot of the mountain, --the same number which was placed by Joshua in the river, and again, on the other side, the bearers of the ark of the covenant, --those stones which were set up by Elijah when the heifer was offered as a burnt-offering; the number, too, of the apostles; and, in fine, every event which embraces in it …
… is not lawful for thee to have thy brother Philip's wife;" such as he was possessed of, who before him was like him, and after him shall be so again; who said to Ahab, "I do not trouble Israel, but thou, and thy father's house;" such as the prophets had, such as all the apostles.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Elias, too, when all Israel was assembled at Mount Carmel, wishing to turn them from idolatry, says to them, "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him." And again, at the burnt-offering, he thus addresses the idolatrous priests: "Ye shall call upon the name of your gods, and I will call on the name …
… directed them to that God upon whom he believed, and who was truly God; whom invoking, he exclaimed, "Lord God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hear me to-day, and let all this people know that Thou art the God of Israel."